CBOE Options Hub

The opening presentation at the 3 rd Annual Cboe RMC Asia matched Matt Moran up with Russell Rhoads (me) for a discussion covering Option Strategies and Option Strategy Benchmarks. Matt and I both work...

Last night, Cboe XBT SM Bitcoin Futures commenced trading on the Cboe Futures Exchange. The launch was smooth, although our website experienced some issues due to an overwhelming number of hits looking...

Stocks ended the week on a strong note and the result was S&P 500 related volatility indexes doing what they do in 2017 after even a slight move to the upside and lost value. The curve shifted lower...

Large cap stocks had a solid week with the Russell 1000 (RUI) gaining 0.34% while small cap stocks were down by just over 1% as measured by the Russell 2000 (RUT). RUT is now up just over 12% while RUI...

VIX and the curve has been in a sort of zig zag pattern over the past few weeks with there being a couple of head fakes to the upside followed by a drop back down to the 2017 norm. The 2017 norm has...

I'm not normally a multitasker, but let me tell you, when procrastinating, I can really do it. Last night, while doing some boring but necessary tasks on the right screen of my desktop and wanting some...

Not sure what everyone else was thinking/doing/cursing about during Friday, December first's Big Dipper, but it just so happened that I had set up something I expected to be far less exciting than it turned...

Not sure what everyone else was thinking/doing/cursing about during Friday, December first's Big Dipper, but it just so happened that I had set up something I expected to be far less exciting than it turned...

S&P 500 volatility was higher across the four indexes that measure expected volatility over different time frames. Keep an eye on the VIX3M to VIX relationship if VIX remains at higher levels. VIX3M...

Despite a rough patch for about 45 minutes on Friday broad based indexes had a good week. Large caps were up 1.53% for the week when being measured by the Russell 1000 (RUI) while the small cap benchmark...

VIX had a good week based on news out of Washington, DC. This seems to be the only type of event that get VIX moving. The December contract is still at a bit of a premium which may be taken as traders...

Today at FIA Asia 2017 in Singapore Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founders of Gemini Trust, participated in a discussion about the cryptocurrency space along with Yvonne Zhang from the Aquifer...

A few years ago, I was asked to co-author the study guide that accompanies the 3rd version of The Warren Buffett Way. While doing research for this project I came across a discussion of a handful of index...

After showing some signs of life VIX fell back to a single digit closing handle three out of four days last week. The curve shifted in a very parallel fashion as even the longer dated futures gave up...

Small cap stocks finished the week up about 1.8% when measured by the Russell 2000 (RUT) while large caps had a good week as well with the Russell 1000 (RUI) moving up by about 1%. For the year RUI is...

Wednesday I conducted a webinar for Interactive Brokers discussing ratio spreads. During the presentation I was asked about initiating 1 x 2 and what expirations and strike combinations would result...

What the heck is going on with VXST on the chart below? Basically Thanksgiving. As a nine-day measure of SPX implied volatility this index takes into account options that have their implied volatility under...

Barchart Morning Call

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
Mar E-mini S&Ps ( ESH18 -0.04% ) this morning are little changed, down -0.02% , and European stocks are down -0.18% ahead of the conclusion of the 2-day FOMC meeting later today where the market expects the FOMC... Read More

Wed Dec 13, 6:35AM CST

Chart of the Day

Carter's (CRI) is the Barchart Chart of the Day. The children's appareal company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 35.22+ and gained 22.23% in the last year.Read More

Wed Dec 13, 3:20PM CST

Brugler Ag Report

Today's Commentary

Corn futures settled the Wednesday session with most contracts 3/4 to 1 1/4 cents higher. This morning’s EIA report showed ethanol production dropping 19,000 barrels per day from the previous week. That number was still robust at 1.089 million ...Read More